Summertime—the dream of every school-age child, and to be honest, even some adults still to this day. It is often a time of fond memories, fun, vacations, warm weather, and relaxation. As children, it was a time when we were finally able to, in our minds, “take a break” after a long year of learning….
Play and Learn in Tandem: The Unexpected Benefits of Allowing Your Kids to Enjoy Their Summer Vacations
Winnowed by the Hardships of His Youth, This Top Ad Executive is Now an Advocate for Keeping Kids in School
Shelley Stewart was 6 years old when he watched his alcoholic father, Huell Jerome Sr., kill his mother, Mattie C., at their Rosedale home in Alabama. This was back in 1939, and there was never an investigation. Shelley ran away shortly after and became homeless. A family took him in to live in their basement,…
How Robert E. Lee and Booker T. Washington Became Educators Dedicated to Rebuilding a War-Torn America
If we slip back in time to the late 1860s, we find an America torn apart by war and suffering. In the spring of 1865, the North had defeated the Southern Confederacy. Less than a week after Confederate forces surrendered at Appomattox, Abraham Lincoln, whose policies might have changed the course of American history following…
Bridging the Cultural Divide in Malaysia: A Challenge for Doctoral Supervisors?
July 18, 2022
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Commentary Lately, Malaysia has become the education hub of choice for international students seeking higher education in Asia. Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS) received over 11,000 applications in the January to March quarter of 2022 from prospective international students for study in Malaysian public and private institutions of higher education. Of these, 3,299 applied to…
The Education Wars: Trenches Deepen in Tennessee
Commentary As a disclaimer, I am an incoming student in Hillsdale College’s Ph.D. program at the Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship. I speak only on behalf of myself. Additionally, I am also a citizen of Tennessee. Sometimes, you can judge a man as much by the enemies who align against him, as by the friends…
‘Agency’: An Important New Book About America
Commentary The Gallup polling organization seems to serve up endlessly bleak news about how Americans feel about God and country. I wrote recently about their report of the historically low percentage of Americans that say they believe in God. Now Gallup reports that a historically low number of Americans believe in ourselves and our country….
A Tour Through Alabama’s American Village, a Living History Museum Bringing the Revolutionary War to Life
The hall is grand, with hardwood floors and a high ceiling. A large portrait of George Washington greets visitors from the center of the main wall. The country’s first president looks regal, majestic. After all, he and a few leaders of the American Revolution penned a constitution that has given the United States a democratic…
Farming Guru Joel Salatin on Teaching the Next Generation to Respect the Land that Feeds Us
“No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth.” —Thomas Jefferson Polyface Farm lies gently among the rolling hills of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, near Little North Mountain and Elliott Knob, in Augusta County. This land beneath the mountains is a beautiful patchwork quilt of fine pastures and forests, and…
A Unique Program at Hillsdale College Nurtures a New Generation of Public Servants, Based on America’s Founding Principles
“Father of the Constitution” and fourth President of the United States James Madison once stated, “A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people.” And a well-instructed people is exactly what Dr. Matthew Spalding envisioned when he took the helm as Dean of the Steve and Amy Van Andel Graduate School of Government. Here,…
Fun and Educational Activities to Nurture Your Little Ones’ Love for Our ‘Old Glory’
Wonder. Awe. Pride. Love of country and love of my countrymen. These are the emotions that sweep over me when I see our flag flying, or when I hear the National Anthem that our flag inspired. The flag was intended to be a universal emblem to unite Americans, and it has a rich history, which…
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